Iridium NEXT Launch Begins Era of Space-Based ADS-B Tracking (Video)
Aireon announced on Saturday, the successful launch and deployment of the first ten satellites hosting its space-based automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) system.
Part of the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation, Aireon's space-based...
Vencore to Work With DARPA to Optimize Airborne Communications
Vencore's innovative research arm, Vencore Labs, has been awarded a prime contract on the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization (DyNAMO) program. The 17-month...
Sikorsky Awarded DARPA ALIAS Contract Towards Aircraft Autonomy
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has won the contract for Phase 3 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program.
DARPA's ALIAS program is leveraging...
New Bilingual Site to Aid ECAC Compliance in EDS Bag Screening
Morpho Detection, today announced a new global resource to help airports successfully transition to European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Standard 3 hold baggage screening capabilities.
WHAT IS ECAC STANDARD 3?
It’s a regulatory...
World’s Most Adv Aerial Firefighting Tanker Earns IAB Approval (Video)
Global SuperTanker Services, high capacity, rapid response aerial firefighting technology has received interim approval from the U.S. Interagency Airtanker Board (IAB) on January 6.
The interim approval will allow the tanker to...
L3 Acquires Explosive Trace Detection Company, Implant Sciences (Video)
L3 Technologies has completed its acquisition of the explosives trace detection (ETD) business of Implant Sciences Corporation (Implant), and it was funded with cash on hand.
As previously announced, L3 entered into...
Major US Airport to Install Shooter Detection System (See in Action)
A major international airport in the United States has selected the Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System, as a part of overall upgrades to strengthen security against the active shooter threat.
The...
DOD Announces Successful Micro-Drone Swarm Demo (See Video)
In one of the most significant tests of autonomous systems under development by the Department of Defense, the Strategic Capabilities Office, partnering with Naval Air Systems Command, successfully demonstrated one of...
Covestro Engineer Recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30 List (Learn More)
Paige Kassalen, a 22 year old electrical engineer was the youngest member and only American on the ground crew of Solar Impulse, the first airplane to circle the globe powered by...
FlyersRights.org Calls for New Airport Security Measures
Passengers should be able to count on TSA and local and state law enforcement authorities to protect them.
The principal lessons from Lockerbie, 9/11 attacks, and the Brussels, Istanbul and now Fort Lauderdale airport...
